| 100% | TROTSKY | 7 | He was expelled from the Soviet Union in 1929 |
| 44% | STALIN | 6 | He led the Soviet Union from the 1920s until 1953 |
| 42% | FLORIDA | 7 | Rapper and singer whose name comes from the state he was born in: 2 wds. |
| 39% | FARMER | 6 | He was in the dell |
| 38% | SCOTTJOPLIN | 11 | He was in the rag trade |
| 38% | RYKOV | 5 | Alexei —, premier of the Soviet Union from 1924-30 |
| 38% | STALIN | 6 | Ruler of the Soviet Union from 1924 until 1953 |
| 38% | ARI | 3 | He was the "O" in Jackie O |
| 38% | KIM | 3 | & 17D India-born English double agent who defected to the Soviet Union in 1963 |
| 37% | AIELLO | 6 | He was Sal in "Do the Right Thing" |
| 37% | KROC | 4 | He was played by Keaton in The Founder |
| 37% | ZHUKOV | 6 | Georgy —, Minister of Defence of the Soviet Union from 1955-57 |
| 37% | ALI | 3 | He was bested in the "Fight of the Century" |
| 37% | IDRISELBA | 9 | He was in Thor, Pacific Rim and The Wire |
| 36% | MALCOLM | 7 | He was In the Middle in the popular 2000s sitcom |
| 36% | MIDAS | 5 | He was given the ears of a donkey, in myth |
| 36% | JAMIEFOXX | 9 | He was an electric villain in the Spider-Man world |
| 36% | JACKFROST | 9 | He is nipping at your nose in The Christmas Song |
| 36% | SATIE | 5 | Composer expelled from the Paris Conservatoire in 1882 |
| 36% | EUR | 3 | England departed from the ___opean Union in 2016 |
| 36% | SANTOS | 6 | Congressman who was expelled from the House of Representatives following a months-long ethics investigation (December, 2023) |
| 36% | CODE | 4 | A message from the Pentagon might be in this |
| 35% | ASTERIX | 7 | He is the theme of park north of Paris opened in 1989 |
| 35% | MIRACLEONICE | 12 | Common name for Team USA's hockey victory over the Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics (3 wds.) |
| 35% | SAINTPATRICK | 12 | He drove the serpents from Ireland, in legend |
| 35% | ABU | 3 | He steals the lamp from Jafar in "Aladdin" |
| 35% | ALCOA | 5 | It was removed from the Dow in 2013 |
| 35% | LIAR | 4 | The truth is not in him or her |
| 35% | ORR | 3 | He was the first hockey player to have 100 assists in one season |
| 35% | KOBE | 4 | LeBron said he was "definitely the best player in the NBA" |